Metric/Nonmetric Elastic MDS
Computation
2025-11-25 v1
Abstract
We present R and C implementations for metric (ratio) and non-metric (ordinal) versions of Elastic MDS, the multidimensional scaling technique proposed by McGee (1966). The R and C versions are compared for speed, with the C version anywhere from 15 to 100 times as fast as the R version.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.19397,
title = {Metric/Nonmetric Elastic MDS},
author = {Jan de Leeuw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.19397},
year = {2025}
}